Poetry Books by William Stanley Merwin
Lament for the makers
Authors: William Stanley Merwin
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published Date: 1996-11
Categories: Fiction
Collects works of twenty-three poets that were important to W.S. Merwin and who died during his lifetime, including Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Theodore Roethke, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, and Elizabeth Bishop
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published Date: 1996-11
Categories: Fiction
Collects works of twenty-three poets that were important to W.S. Merwin and who died during his lifetime, including Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Theodore Roethke, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, and Elizabeth Bishop
Selected Translations
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Published Date: 2013
Categories: Poetry
Selected Translations is the crowning achievement for one of the world's greatest and most prolific translators of poetry. Absolutely essential.
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Published Date: 2013
Categories: Poetry
Selected Translations is the crowning achievement for one of the world's greatest and most prolific translators of poetry. Absolutely essential.
Present Company
Authors: William Stanley Merwin
Publisher:
Published Date: 2005
Categories: Poetry
New genius work from W.S. Merwin, considered "one of America's greatest living poets." -Washington Post
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Published Date: 2005
Categories: Poetry
New genius work from W.S. Merwin, considered "one of America's greatest living poets." -Washington Post
Unframed Originals
Authors: W. S. Merwin
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Published Date: 2005
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
The celebrated poet recalls growing up in a repressive family in the small river towns of New Jersey and Pennsylvania and offers a portrait of a middle-class life without the language to express itself, while also offering insights into the author's evolution as a writer. Reprint.
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Published Date: 2005
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
The celebrated poet recalls growing up in a repressive family in the small river towns of New Jersey and Pennsylvania and offers a portrait of a middle-class life without the language to express itself, while also offering insights into the author's evolution as a writer. Reprint.
The Moon Before Morning
Authors: W. S. Merwin
Publisher:
Published Date: 2014
Categories: Poetry
In luscious and purposeful language, W.S. Merwin's new poems examine our essential relationships with the natural world.
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Published Date: 2014
Categories: Poetry
In luscious and purposeful language, W.S. Merwin's new poems examine our essential relationships with the natural world.
Collected Poems 1996-2011
Authors: William Stanley Merwin
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Published Date: 2013
Categories: Literary Collections
Oracular and elegant, W. S. Merwin's poetry reveals a heightened sense of what is essential to human consciousness: the fragile framing of nature, the mysteries of memory and perception, the inescapable fact of our mortality. In a career spanning seven decades- from his brilliant emergence as the winner of the Yale Younger Poets' Prize in 1952 to his recent term as U.S. Poet Laureate-he has fashioned a poetics unmistakably his own, marked by a stripped-down, unpunctuated style that foregrounds his responsiveness, spiritual insights, and facility with unadorned, elemental language.
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Published Date: 2013
Categories: Literary Collections
Oracular and elegant, W. S. Merwin's poetry reveals a heightened sense of what is essential to human consciousness: the fragile framing of nature, the mysteries of memory and perception, the inescapable fact of our mortality. In a career spanning seven decades- from his brilliant emergence as the winner of the Yale Younger Poets' Prize in 1952 to his recent term as U.S. Poet Laureate-he has fashioned a poetics unmistakably his own, marked by a stripped-down, unpunctuated style that foregrounds his responsiveness, spiritual insights, and facility with unadorned, elemental language.
Medieval Epics
Authors: William Alfred, William Stanley Merwin, Helen Meredith Mustard
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Published Date: 1963
Categories: Poetry
Collects poems and sagas from English, French, and Germanic traditions, and includes evaluation of the literary and historical aspects of each work.
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Published Date: 1963
Categories: Poetry
Collects poems and sagas from English, French, and Germanic traditions, and includes evaluation of the literary and historical aspects of each work.
Collected Poems 1952-1993
Authors: William Stanley Merwin, J. D. McClatchy
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Published Date: 2013
Categories: Poetry
Collects poetry from the former U.S. Poet Laureate, including "A Mask for Janus," "The Lice," and "The Moving Target."
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Published Date: 2013
Categories: Poetry
Collects poetry from the former U.S. Poet Laureate, including "A Mask for Janus," "The Lice," and "The Moving Target."
The Mays of Ventadorn
Authors: William Stanley Merwin
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published Date: 2002
Categories: History
A collection of essays by a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet traces the origins of the twelfth-century Provental troubadors, from the work of Bernart de Ventadorn, to the ruins of the chGteau of Ventador, to the careworn farmhouse belonging to the author himself.
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published Date: 2002
Categories: History
A collection of essays by a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet traces the origins of the twelfth-century Provental troubadors, from the work of Bernart de Ventadorn, to the ruins of the chGteau of Ventador, to the careworn farmhouse belonging to the author himself.
The Vixen
Authors: W. S. Merwin
Publisher: Knopf
Published Date: 1997-03
Categories: Poetry
A collection of poetry offering a portrait of the people and landscape of a little-known region of southwestern France
Publisher: Knopf
Published Date: 1997-03
Categories: Poetry
A collection of poetry offering a portrait of the people and landscape of a little-known region of southwestern France
The River Sound
Authors: William Stanley Merwin
Publisher: Knopf
Published Date: 1999
Categories: Poetry
A poet known for his lyrics adds three long narrative poems to his collection--"Lament for the Makers," a tribute to fellow poets; "Testimony," an autobiographical work; and "Suite in the Key of Forgetting," about memories and memory.
Publisher: Knopf
Published Date: 1999
Categories: Poetry
A poet known for his lyrics adds three long narrative poems to his collection--"Lament for the Makers," a tribute to fellow poets; "Testimony," an autobiographical work; and "Suite in the Key of Forgetting," about memories and memory.
Summer Doorways
Authors: William Stanley Merwin
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Published Date: 2005
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
The author of the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for The Carrier of Ladders traces a pivotal year in his life spent in post-World War II Europe, during which he struggled with poverty, utilized creative travel methods, and witnessed the passing of a way of life.
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Published Date: 2005
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
The author of the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for The Carrier of Ladders traces a pivotal year in his life spent in post-World War II Europe, during which he struggled with poverty, utilized creative travel methods, and witnessed the passing of a way of life.
The Lice
Authors: W.S. Merwin
Publisher:
Published Date: 2017-04-11
Categories: Poetry
Fiftieth Anniversary edition of a revolutionary book that still stuns with its prophetic, political, and stylistic force
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Published Date: 2017-04-11
Categories: Poetry
Fiftieth Anniversary edition of a revolutionary book that still stuns with its prophetic, political, and stylistic force
Poem of the Cid
Authors: William Stanley Merwin, Ramón Menéndez Pidal
Publisher: New Amer Library
Published Date: 1975
Categories: Fiction
A medieval poem, in English translation as well as Spanish, tells the story of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known as El Cid
Publisher: New Amer Library
Published Date: 1975
Categories: Fiction
A medieval poem, in English translation as well as Spanish, tells the story of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known as El Cid
Selected Poems
Authors: William Stanley Merwin
Publisher: New York : Atheneum
Published Date: 1952
Categories: Poetry
A collection from the Bolligen Prize-winning poet drawn from work spanning three decades, this work presents some of the best of a major American poet in one volume
Publisher: New York : Atheneum
Published Date: 1952
Categories: Poetry
A collection from the Bolligen Prize-winning poet drawn from work spanning three decades, this work presents some of the best of a major American poet in one volume
Garden Time
Authors: W. S. Merwin
Publisher:
Published Date: 2016-09-13
Categories: Gardening
Late in life our most revered poet delivers a verdant collection that rivals the best from his storied career.
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Published Date: 2016-09-13
Categories: Gardening
Late in life our most revered poet delivers a verdant collection that rivals the best from his storied career.
The Essential W. S. Merwin
Authors: W.S. Merwin
Publisher:
Published Date: 2017-04-11
Categories: Poetry
This ambitious and exuberant distillation of W.S. Merwin's vast poetic oeuvre presents the absolute best of the best.
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Published Date: 2017-04-11
Categories: Poetry
This ambitious and exuberant distillation of W.S. Merwin's vast poetic oeuvre presents the absolute best of the best.
The Book of Fables
Authors: William Stanley Merwin
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published Date: 2007
Categories: Poetry
Restoring to print 400 pages of W.S. Merwin's enigmatic and gorgeous fables.
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published Date: 2007
Categories: Poetry
Restoring to print 400 pages of W.S. Merwin's enigmatic and gorgeous fables.
Flower and Hand
Authors: William Stanley Merwin
Publisher:
Published Date: 1997-01
Categories: Poetry
A volume bringing back into print three volumes by the most celebrated American poet currently writing.
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Published Date: 1997-01
Categories: Poetry
A volume bringing back into print three volumes by the most celebrated American poet currently writing.
The First Four Books of Poems
Authors: William Stanley Merwin
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published Date: 1952
Categories: Poetry
Reintroduces the out-of-print works of one of this century's greatest American poets.
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published Date: 1952
Categories: Poetry
Reintroduces the out-of-print works of one of this century's greatest American poets.